Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with pastel slacks. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2300 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: She wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available she will default to her whip. She is physically well-built. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a great chef.

History: Gynnie lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 13000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a Tailor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balifra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is content; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She is a Doppelganger in disguise. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her white fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Right-Handed was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has achieved small success as a Servant.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to be a navigator again

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 70 pp. Coral (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson violet hat.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.